@scooterpie said:

I have a sneaking suspicion that many more people enjoy listening to recorded Dead, i.e. old tapes sbds, etc, than old Phish just IMHO. I have been listening to the Dead for 25 years and am still blown away by the vast archive that is out there for this music.

well, the dead had a lot more time to accumulate tape addicts.

though on the other hand the dead's audience is shrinking, not growing; whereas it sounds like phish's audience *might* be starting to grow again, after atrophying during their breakup.

ok here's a more specific comparison: how many deadheads often listen, now, to their pre-1970 music, or even pre-1971 or -72? for me, that stuff is like 80s phish -- amazing music from a different band i don't feel any desire to listen to.